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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ndine Cross drive her Vespa to?

2. Julie Lawdry does what to Nick and Tom while they are in the store?

3. Stu, Glen, Larry, Ralph, and Kojak come across a man called what?

4. The house explosion kills how many poeple of the committee?

5. When Stu was sick, how did Tom know what medicines to give him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do Larry and Ray survive the nuke?

2. Which characters survive at the end of the novel?

3. Why does Tom Cullen leave Las Vegas?

4. What was the point of sending Stu, Ralph, Glen and Larry to confront Randall?

5. What does Randall Flagg send his Third Eye to spy on in the desert?

6. What was the significance of "Baby, Can You Dig Your Man," Larry's rock song?

7. Do Larry and Ray survive the nuke?

8. How is "The Kid" killed?

9. Fran and Larry plan to what once they get to Harold's house?

10. Why is the Dark Man so afraid of Mother Abigail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Contrast the government structure of post-plague Las Vegas with that of Boulder. How do the values of the inhabitants of each place differ?

Essay Topic 3

The main characters all start to have nightmares of Randall Flagg in a high place, most clearly in Nick's dream of being offered his hearing and a voice. Could this be a possible biblical reference?

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